CONTENTS PAOK I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . 2 3 II. SPACE LATTICE......2.f III. THE REGULAR OR CUBIC SYSTEM . . .27 IV. THE CUBE AND THE OCTAHEDRON . . . 3<> V. THE VECTORIAL CRYSTALLISATION FORCE AND SUR- FACE TENSION ...... 33 VI. REGULAR FORMS, SINGLE CRYSTALS . . . 35 VII. THE GROWTH OF THE CRYSTALS, SKELETON FORMS 39 VIII. SKELETON FORMS IN METALS .... 42 IX. DENDRITES, THEIR STRUCTURE . . . .44